On June 12, 2012, the basketball world settled in for round one of what everyone assumed would be the start of a legendary duel. LeBron James led the Miami Heat against young Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The future looked certain. LeBron and Durant would spend the next decade sparring for titles as Oklahoma City and Miami sported the best basketball teams in the world. Five years later and we may finally get the Durant vs. LeBron rematch, however the circumstances are far from what we imagined.

The Indiana Pacers were the first team eliminated from the NBA playoffs after another close loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The loss starts a key offseason for the team. With Paul George’s future in doubt and serious questions about the roster, the team needs faces some major questions going forward. With that in mind it’s time to look at some of three key roster questions starting with the elephant in the room.

Golden State has easily locked up the number one overall seed and home court all the way through the Finals. It may not be shocking, and the NBA rarely is during the playoffs, but Golden State will win the NBA Finals and these three factors are a big reason why.

Kylie Shepard has finally pieced together all the clues in her hunt for Saren and Sovereign. However instead of racing after Sovereign, Shepard has been called back to the Citadel on the Council’s orders. With grudging acceptance Shepard obeys the command.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a fantastic open-world adventure filled with the thrill of discovery. By changing up the longstanding Zelda formula it breathes new life into the open-world genre and succeeds even despite some minor technical and design problems.

When Nintendo finally unveiled the Nintendo Switch, it put an end to one of the worst kept secrets in gaming. The home/portable console hybrid had been rumored ever since Nintendo first began cryptically talking about their next console, at the time codenamed NX. The consensus after the reveal was that Nintendo that if they were aligning their console and handheld development resources into one platform the console could do some amazing things.

Shepard has completed her missions on Feros, Noveria and Therum. Each time she has been one step behind Saren but that is all about to change. Her mission is about to lead her to that fated confrontation as well as the most challenging decision she has made so far.

After stopping Matriarch Benezia and freeing the Rachni on Noveria. Kylie Shepard continues her race to stop Saren and the Reapers. Following another lead, Shepard heads to Feros to investigate unusual Geth activity.

Square Enix and Marvel Entertainment announced a multi-year, multi-game partnership today and revealed a trailer for a new Avengers game. The game is being developed by Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics in collaboration with Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal.

Bethesda announced upcoming sci-fi shooter Prey will launch worldwide on May 5 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The release date was announced in a new gameplay trailer showcasing the games setting, research station Talos I.

As a gamer batteries are something I go through pretty regularly. Controllers eat them pretty quickly. Thankfully Amazon has your back. For the same price you would pay for 20 brand name batteries you can get more than double that. I use these and their battery life is comparable to your standard brand name batteries.

Nostalgia is a powerful emotion but it isn’t enough to carry a game. Unfortunately for Power Rangers: Mega Battle the gameplay problems are too much for a theme song and voice samples to overcome. It’s a game that has interesting ideas that it can’t deliver on. Ultimately it’s a generic beat-‘em up that doesn’t do enough to capture what made the original Power Rangers a cultural icon.

Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle (try saying that one five times fast) released last week. I figured it was worth it to take a look and see if the nostalgia for the original Power Rangers would be enough to carry the game.

Overwatch is unlike most other competitive shooters when it comes to scoreboards and stats. It doesn’t have a global scoreboard you can pull up at the press of a button and it doesn’t surface common shooter stats such as kill-death ratio for the whole game to see. Instead it focuses on surfacing positive numbers. Focusing on the positives sets the game apart from other shooters and makes it a more welcoming game.

Last week Nintendo finally unveiled the details about their next console, the Switch, including information on price, release date and some upcoming games. Additional news continued as Nintendo execs did interviews and other publishers discussed their plans for the console. With a good idea of the launch games and the release date fast approaching it’s time to find out whether the Switch is worth buying on March 3.

Trade season! It’s one of the most exciting times of the year for NBA fans. Teams are looking to solidify their playoff push by adding that final piece or trying to ensure an upcoming free agent doesn’t leave for nothing. While any NBA fan will have their own trade ideas to throw out I wanted to see what a computer would say, specifically NBA 2K17. Using the games Trade Finder we’ll look at some teams and players that are popular picks to make deals before the Feb. 23 trade deadline.

It’s time. After handing out some fun awards over the last couple days all that is left is my top games of 2016. Keep in mind that this is my personal list. This isn’t trying to list the “best” games of 2016 but rather games that really stuck with me over the course of the year. With that out of the way let’s get on to the list.